Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Simondium, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 277228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simondium, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Simondium Meteorite

Latitude: 33°51'"S
Longitude: 18°56'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.85,18.949722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Cerite	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Cr Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Corundum Feldspar Iron None Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	107305	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	107305	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	107305	3902
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	107305	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	107305	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	107305	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	107305	230
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	107305	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	107305	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	107305	703
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	107305	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	107305	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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